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Nashi, Illusion Gadgeteer
Legendary Creature — Rat Rogue
Flash Menace, Ward {2} When Nashi enters, secretly choose a card in your graveyard and conjure a duplicate of it into your hand. If the duplicate isn't a land card, it perpetually gains flash.
4 / 4
“Flash rat that duplicates graveyard spells for sneaky, secret value.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Graveyard, Tokens, Blink
Strategy
Nashi, Illusion Gadgeteer is a sneaky value engine that turns your graveyard into a second hand. Every time she enters the battlefield, you secretly conjure a duplicate of any card from your graveyard—essentially getting a free copy with flash tacked on if it's not a land. This means you're grinding out card advantage while also having a flash blocker with menace and ward to protect yourself. The secret information mechanic adds bluffing fun to casual tables.
Your deck wants to fill the graveyard early with strong spells and threats, then leverage Nashi's enters ability to replay them at instant speed. Self-mill cards, discard outlets, and recursive threats are your best friends. You'll win through a combination of command zone damage (Nashi swings as a 4/4 with menace), token swarms from duplicated effects, and grinding out value until opponents can't keep up. Flash enablers let you hold up mana and ambush opponents, while cards that repeatedly trigger Nashi's enter effect multiply your value engine.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip the expensive tutors and mana bases; use Mulch, Stitcher's Supplier, and basic land ramp instead. Cheap duplicators like Clone Legion or Vesuvan Duplimancy replace pricier copy spells.
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